Parallel sessions
The scientific programme consists of 6 main themes:
- Environmental and analytical chemistry (EC)
- Exposure modelling (environmental & human) (EM)
- Emerging contaminants (EP)
- Ecotoxicology (ET)
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) and Life cycle management (LCM) (LC)
- Risk assessment, risk management and regulation (RA)
Please find a general overview of all the parallel sessions organised under each theme (day by day).
Below is an overview of all the sessions per main theme.
View the presentations scheduled per session.
1. Environmental & analytical chemistry
| Session |
Location |
Date |
Starts |
Ends |
| EC01A - Advances in passive sampling and dosing techniques |
ECC Room 5 |
21/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EC01B - Advances in passive sampling and dosing techniques |
ECC Room 5 |
21/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EC01C - Advances in passive sampling and dosing techniques |
ECC Room 5 |
21/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| EC02A - Contaminant pathways, trends and biological effects in a warmer Arctic |
Estrel Hall C1 |
24/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EC02B - Contaminant pathways, trends and biological effects in a warmer Arctic |
Estrel Hall C1 |
24/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EC04 - Novel approaches to addressing metal and metal nanomaterial bioavailability in soils |
ECC Hall C |
21/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EC05A - Occurrence, fate and impact of atmospheric pollutants on environmental and human health |
ECC Room 5 |
22/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EC05B - Occurrence, fate and impact of atmospheric pollutants on environmental and human health |
ECC Room 5 |
22/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EC06A - Sorption and bioavailability in sustainable remediation of organic chemicals |
Estrel Hall C2 |
22/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EC06B - Sorption and bioavailability in sustainable remediation of organic chemicals |
Estrel Hall C2 |
22/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
Respective poster sessions will be organised on the same day in the poster area from 08:00 - 18:30.
2. Exposure modelling
| Session |
Location |
Date |
Starts |
Ends |
| EM01A - Collection and use of monitoring data for environmental risk assessment of chemicals |
ECC Room 5 |
23/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EM01B - Collection and use of monitoring data for environmental risk assessment of chemicals |
ECC Room 5 |
23/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EM02A - Fate and exposure modelling |
Estrel Hall A |
21/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EM02B - Fate and exposure modelling |
Estrel Hall A |
21/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EM02C - Fate and exposure modelling: pesticides and other chemicals |
Estrel Hall A |
21/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| EM02D - Fate and exposure modelling of pesticides |
Estrel Hall A |
22/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EM03 - Global scale modeling of environmental cause-effect chains for risk assessment and life cycle assessment: Quo vadis? |
Estrel Hall B |
22/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
Respective poster sessions will be organised on the same day in the poster area from 08:00 - 18:30.
3. Emerging contaminants
| Session |
Location |
Date |
Starts |
Ends |
| EP01A - Antimicrobial resistance in the environment |
ECC Room 2 |
24/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EP01B - Antimicrobial resistance in the environment |
ECC Room 2 |
24/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EP02A - Endocrine disrupting chemicals: recent developments |
ECC Hall D |
21/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EP02B - Endocrine disrupting chemicals: recent developments |
ECC Hall D |
21/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EP02C - Endocrine disrupting chemicals: recent developments |
ECC Hall D |
21/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| EP03A - Environmental characterisation, fate/detection, exposure, effect and risk of nanomaterials |
ECC Hall C |
23/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EP03B - Environmental characterisation, fate/detection, exposure, effect and risk of nanomaterials |
ECC Hall C |
23/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| EP03C - Environmental characterisation, fate/detection, exposure, effect and risk of nanomaterials |
ECC Hall C |
24/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EP03D - Environmental characterisation, fate/detection, exposure, effect and risk of nanomaterials |
ECC Hall C |
24/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EP04 - Greener nanotechnology, an integrative approach to an emerging technology |
ECC Hall C |
23/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EP05 - Non-target analysis and identification of toxicologically significant emerging pollutants |
ECC Hall C |
21/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| EP06 - Perfluorinated compounds: From emission sources to the place of impact |
ECC Room 5 |
22/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| EP07A - Plastics: an emerging risk to the marine environment |
Estrel Hall A |
22/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EP07B - Plastics: an emerging risk to the marine environment |
Estrel Hall A |
22/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| EP08A - What is the current state of the science on the fate, exposure and effects of pharmaceuticals in the environment? |
ECC Room 1 |
22/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| EP08B - What is the current state of the science on the fate, exposure and effects of pharmaceuticals in the environment? |
ECC Room 1 |
22/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| EP08C - What is the current state of the science on the fate, exposure and effects of pharmaceuticals in the environment? |
ECC Room 1 |
22/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
Respective poster sessions will be organised on the same day in the poster area from 08:00 - 18:30.
4. Ecotoxicology
| Session |
Location |
Date |
Starts |
Ends |
| ET01 - A systems biology approach to predictive ecotoxicology |
ECC Room 2 |
22/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET02 - Advanced statistical methods in quantative ecotoxicology |
ECC Room 2 |
22/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET03A - Animal alternatives: methods, endpoints and testing strategies |
ECC Room 1 |
24/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET03B - Animal alternatives: methods, endpoints and testing strategies |
ECC Room 1 |
24/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET04A - Bioavailability and bioaccumulation - impact of environmental, biological and ecological variation |
ECC Room 1 |
23/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET04B - Bioavailability and bioaccumulation - impact of environmental, biological and ecological variation |
ECC Room 1 |
23/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET04C - Bioavailability and bioaccumulation - impact of environmental, biological and ecological variation |
ECC Room 1 |
23/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| ET05 - Ecotoxicology and ecosystem services: a southern perspective |
Estrel Hall C2 |
23/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET06A - Ecotoxicology of amphibian and reptiles. Novel approaches for linking contaminant effects with population declines |
Estrel Hall A |
24/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET06B - Ecotoxicology of amphibian and reptiles. Novel approaches for linking contaminant effects with population declines |
Estrel Hall A |
24/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET07A - Environmental OMICs: a global answer to environmental questions |
Estrel Hall C1 |
23/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET07B - Environmental OMICs: a global answer to environmental questions |
Estrel Hall C1 |
23/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET08 - Extrapolation within wildlife toxicology |
Estrel Hall C2 |
21/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| ET09 - Global climate change: implications for environmental toxicology and chemistry |
ECC Room 2 |
21/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| ET10A - Long-term ecotoxicological impact: trans-generational effects and evolutionary responses to pollutants |
Estrel Hall C1 |
22/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET10B - Long-term ecotoxicological impact: trans-generational effects and evolutionary responses to pollutants |
Estrel Hall C1 |
22/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET11A - Marine environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology |
ECC Hall C |
22/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET11B - Marine environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology |
ECC Hall C |
22/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET11C - Marine environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology |
ECC Hall C |
22/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| ET12A - Soil ecotoxicology |
ECC Room 1 |
21/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET12B - Soil ecotoxicology |
ECC Room 1 |
21/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET12C - Soil ecotoxicology |
ECC Room 1 |
21/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| ET13A - Natural toxins and bioactive compounds |
ECC Room 2 |
21/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET13B - Natural toxins and bioactive compounds |
ECC Room 2 |
21/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET14 - Bringing ecological processes into ecotoxicological risk assessment |
ECC Hall D |
22/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET15A - Pesticide fate and ecotoxicology |
ECC Hall D |
23/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET15B - Pesticide fate and ecotoxicology |
ECC Hall D |
23/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET16 - Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSARs) and similar models for predicting the toxicity of chemicals, mixtures and combined stress |
Estrel Hall C2 |
21/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET18 - Tropical ecotoxicology |
Estrel Hall C2 |
23/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| ET19A - Veterinary medicines in the environment: basic research for risk analysis |
Estrel Hall C2 |
21/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| ET19B - Veterinary medicines in the environment: basic research for risk analysis |
Estrel Hall C2 |
21/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
Respective poster sessions will be organised on the same day in the poster area from 08:00 - 18:30.
5. Life cycle assessment and Life cycle management
| Session |
Location |
Date |
Starts |
Ends |
| LC01A - Development in life cycle inventory analysis and modelling |
Estrel Hall B |
21/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| LC01B - Development in life cycle inventory analysis and modelling |
Estrel Hall B |
21/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| LC02A - Developments in life cycle sustainability assessment |
Estrel Hall B |
23/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| LC02B - Developments in life cycle sustainability assessment |
Estrel Hall B |
23/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| LC03 - Increasing scientific and policy understanding through meta-analysis of life cycle assessments |
Estrel Hall B |
24/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| LC04A - Latest developments in uncertainty management - adding value to LCA studies |
Estrel Hall B |
22/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| LC04B - Latest developments in uncertainty management - adding value to LCA studies |
Estrel Hall B |
22/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| LC05 - Monetisation for weighting and aggregation in Life Cycle Impact Assessment and Cost-Benefit-Assessment |
Estrel Hall B |
23/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| LC06 - Life cycle management (LCM): Success factors and barriers |
Estrel Hall B |
24/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| LC07 - The UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative: a decade of supporting the global LCA community |
Estrel Hall B |
21/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
Respective poster sessions will be organised on the same day in the poster area from 08:00 - 18:30.
6. Risk assessment, risk management and regulation
| Session |
Location |
Date |
Starts |
Ends |
| RA01 - Applying models to risk assessments: from the organism to the ecosystem level |
Estrel Hall A |
23/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| RA02 - Approaches for comparative hazard and risk assessment of chemicals |
ECC Room 2 |
22/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA03 - Are Environmental Specimen Banks ready to face future challenges of environmental chemistry and regulatory toxicology? |
Estrel Hall C1 |
22/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA04A - Established and emerging footprints - striving towards a valid and comprehensive support for decision-making processes |
Estrel Hall C1 |
21/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| RA04B - Established and emerging footprints - striving towards a valid and comprehensive support for decision-making processes |
Estrel Hall C1 |
21/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| RA05 - Classification and risk assessment of metals and inorganic substances |
ECC Room 2 |
23/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA06 - Contaminated sediments in a changing environment |
Estrel Hall C2 |
22/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA08 - Escape from the Ivory Tower - Environmental sciences should impact public and policy |
ECC Room 5 |
23/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA09 - Focal species of birds and mammals and their ecological behaviour for refined risk assessments of plant protection products in Europe |
Estrel Hall C1 |
23/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA10 - Global Mercury: Bridging science and policy |
ECC Room 2 |
23/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| RA11 - Guidance documents and guidelines for environmental risk assessment (ERA): needs, developments and progress |
Estrel Hall C1 |
21/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA12 - Health and environmental risk assessment of pesticides and biocidal products |
ECC Hall D |
23/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA14 - Landscape ecotoxicology and spatially explicit risk assessment |
Estrel Hall A |
23/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| RA15 - Linking exposure to effects in environmental risk assessment |
Estrel Hall A |
23/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA16 - Monitoring data and post-registration studies: generation, compilation and use in the environmental risk assessment and management |
ECC Hall D |
24/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| RA17A - Multiple stressors in a changing world |
ECC Room 5 |
24/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| RA17B - Multiple stressors in a changing world |
ECC Room 5 |
24/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| RA18 - Oil spill effects and risk assessment |
Estrel Hall C2 |
23/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA19 - Plants and chemicals in the environment: risk assessment, pest management and phytoremediation |
ECC Hall D |
22/05/2012 |
14:00 |
16:00 |
| RA20 - Risk assessment of chemical mixtures: where do we stand? what are the next steps? |
ECC Hall D |
22/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| RA21 - Standard vs non-standard methods for hazard and risk assessment |
ECC Hall D |
24/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
| RA22 - The use of rodenticides, a nagging issue on effectiveness and risks |
ECC Room 2 |
23/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| RA23A - Wastewater effluent discharges: chemical characterisation and understanding potential risks in receiving waters |
Estrel Hall C2 |
24/05/2012 |
08:15 |
10:15 |
| RA23B - Wastewater effluent discharges: chemical characterisation and understanding potential risks in receiving waters |
Estrel Hall C2 |
24/05/2012 |
10:50 |
12:50 |
Respective poster sessions will be organised on the same day in the poster area from 08:00 - 18:30.
In addition to these parallel sessions as above, 12 special sessions will be organised.